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Syria's Assad praises troops, keeps out of public eye
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ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad told his troops on Wednesday that their battle against rebels would decide Syria's fate, but his written message gave no clues to his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb attack on his inner circle. ...

Quotations of the day
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"We think it's cowardly, quite frankly, to have a man hiding out of sight, exhorting his armed forces to continue to slaughter the civilians of his own country" - U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell in a statement as Syrian President Bas ...

O secret order vs. Assad
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President Obama has signed a secret order authorizing US support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said. Obama’s order, approved earlier this year, broadly permits the C ...

Both sides accused of atrocities in Syrian fighting
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BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad framed his battle with the opposition as a decisive showdown over the fate of the country Wednesday, as opposition groups said at least 50 people had been killed by government forces in a Damascus suburb. Re ...

Assad urges his army to step up fight in Syria
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Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces today to step up the fight against rebels as the UN reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle for Aleppo. ...

Where’s Assad? Mystery Deepens about Syrian Leader
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(BEIRUT) — Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his military Wednesday to boost its fight against rebels, but his written call to arms only deepened a mystery over his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb penetrated his inner circle. Assad has not spoke ...

Syrian army pounds Aleppo as video appears to show rebels' revenge killings
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Regime forces use artillery and aircraft to attack parts of Syria's second city as Assad praises army for facing 'terrorist gangs' Syria's government has used artillery and aircraft against targets in Aleppo as revenge killings by opposition forces u ...

The Syrian tipping point
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The Syrian bloodbath has taken almost 20,000 lives over nearly 17 months and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes — but it won’t go on forever. The question is: When will the fight between the rebels and the Bashar al-Assad regime reach the ...

Sources: Obama authorized covert support for Syrian rebels
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President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. ...

Obama authorized covert support for Syrian rebels, sources say
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President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials say. ...

Syria's Assad increases military pressure on Aleppo
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Beirut— Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the U.N. reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle ...

Syria: U.N. Reports Escalation in Fight for Aleppo
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(BEIRUT) — Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the U.N. reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battl ...

Syria dispatch: battle for Aleppo hangs in the balance
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The rattle of machineguns echoed incessantly as Syrian rebels, wearing combat vests stuffed with ammunition, attacked a football stadium held by President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Aleppo. ...

Obama authorizes secret support for Syrian rebels
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said. ...

Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight
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Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the UN reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle for Aleppo ...

Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight
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U.S. eases arms purchases for Syrian rebels
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The Obama administration quietly has cleared the way for U.S. residents to buy weapons for the rebels who are fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, granting a Washington-based advocacy group a rare license to collect money for arms and o ...

Syria's president urges army to step up fight against rebels
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is urging his armed forces to step up the fight against rebels as the UN reports a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle for Aleppo. ...

Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels
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Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight
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BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the UN reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle fo ...

General Assembly to ask Syria's Assad to step down
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Arab countries pushed ahead Wednesday with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government. It also demands that the Syrian army stop its shelling and he ...

Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight
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Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the U.N. reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle for Alepp ...

Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels
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UN Assembly to ask Syria's Assad to step down
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Syria's Jumah blocks out turmoil at home
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LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian swimmer Bayan Jumah on Wednesday said she did not let the conflict in her country affect her training or performance at the London Olympics, even as helicopter gunships attack rebel fighters in her besieged home city of Alep ...

Assad urges Syrian army to step up fight as UN reports fighter jets being used against rebels
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The Lede Blog: Video Said to Show Execution by Syrian Rebels Stirs Debate
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Syrian rebels on Tuesday said they had captured and later executed several members of a prominent Aleppo family with close ties to the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The act -- captured on video -- appeared to constitute a war crime, human ...

Video Said to Show Execution by Syrian Rebels Stirs Debate
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Where's Assad? Mystery deepens about Syrian leader
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Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his military Wednesday to boost its fight against rebels, but his written call to arms only deepened a mystery over his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb penetrated his inner circle. ...

UN General Assembly to ask Syria's Assad to step down
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Revolt against Assad draws Briton to Syria
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Moved by his mother's tales of atrocities in her homeland three decades ago, British student Mohammad Qadi Riha set off from London to Syria to join the armed resistance against President Bashar al-Assad. He convinced his mother, a ...

General Assembly to ask Syria's Assad to step down
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Arab countries are pushing ahead with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government. It also demands that the Syrian army stop its shelling and helicopt ...

Assad says Syria's fate hinges on battle with rebels
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday the Syrian army's battle with rebel forces would determine the fate of his country, and praised soldiers for confronting what he said were "criminal terrorist gangs". "The fate of our peo ...

Assad honors Syrian Army as it faces defections, and existential threat
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad commemorated the 67th anniversary of the Syrian Army, which is locked in street battles with rebels in once pro-Assad city of Aleppo. ...

VIDEO: Syria rebels execute 'Assad loyalists'
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Footage posted on a social media website appears to show Syrian rebels summarily executing captured soldiers loyal to President Assad's regime. ...

Syrian rebels edge towards Aleppo's ancient heart
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ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - At the frontline of the battle for Aleppo, the ancient citadel is tantalizingly close for Syrian rebels. As they push towards the centre of Syria's biggest city, they can see the crumbling stone walls of the 800-year-old for ...

Assad: Army Engaged in Fight for Syria's Fate
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his army is engaged in a battle against rebels that will determine the fate of the country. Assad praised the government forces in a statement Wednesday, as violence continued across the country. The Britain-base ...

Syrian aircraft strike Aleppo, rebels claim successes
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ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian combat aircraft and artillery pounded Aleppo late into the night as the army battled for control of the country's biggest city, where rebel fighters said troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had been forced to r ...

Syrian army fights for control of Aleppo
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Combat aircraft and artillery pound Aleppo late into the night in what has become crucial test for both sides of rebellion Syrian combat aircraft and artillery pounded Aleppo late into the night as the army battled for control of the key city, where ...

Assad speech aims to rally Syria troops
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Syrian President Bashar Assad has made a rare public statement urging his armed forces to step up the fight against rebels as the uprising agaisnt him continues to rage. ...

Footballer turns rebel as Syria spins into civil war
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ANTAKYA/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian football star Abdelbasset Sarout gained a new kind of fame when the popular uprising against Bashar al-Assad erupted, chanting songs at rallies that eulogized slain protesters and vilified the president. "What's wrong ...

Revolt against Assad draws Briton to Syria
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Motivated by his mother's tales of atrocities in her homeland three decades ago, British student Mohammad Qadi Riha said he set off from London to Syria to join the armed resistance against President Bashar al-Assad. He said he conv ...

Syrian rebels execute pro-Assad militiamen in Aleppo
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Footage showing the apparent execution of four men loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and piles of bodies of government militiamen in a police station suggest that rebels are using the same tactics for which the Syrian leader's own ...

Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight
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BEIRUT—Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the U. ...

Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Regional powers are pouring in money and guns, jihadists are joining rebels battling to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, while his own well-armed but hard-pressed forces are fighting back ruthlessly with combat aircraft and artillery. Gr ...

Bashar al-Assad orders air strikes on Aleppo in battle for Syria's 'destiny'
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Syria's military has used fighter jets to strike at rebel strongholds in Aleppo as Bashar al-Assad tell Syrians that the battle for the city will determine the "destiny of our people". ...

Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels
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President Barack Obama has signed a so-called "intelligence finding" authorizing covert aid to the Syrian rebels, NBC news has confirmed. ...

Syrian aircraft strike Aleppo, rebels claim successes
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Assad Urges Syrian Troops to Fight ‘Crucial’ Battle
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In rare public remarks addressed to Syrian security forces, President Bashar al-Assad lauded loyalist troops for fighting a “crucial and heroic battle,” according to news reports. ...

Syria's president urges army to step up fight
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In a statement to the army, President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces to step up the fight against rebels as a 17-month-old uprising continues to rage across the country. ...

Syria's Assad Tells Army To Step Up Fight With Rebels
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President Bashar Assad has not spoken publicly since a bombing killed four of his top security aides two weeks ago. ...

Air strikes on Aleppo in battle for Syria's 'destiny'
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Syria's military has used fighter jets to strike at rebel strongholds in Aleppo as Bashar al-Assad tell Syrians that the battle for the city will determine the "destiny of our people". ...

Syrian soldier executed after graveside 'trial'
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AZAZ/ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Rebel fighter Ahmed chuckles as he tells the story of the Syrian army sniper who was captured and executed by rebels, shot dead after a "trial" conducted at his own graveside. He says Rami the sniper, firing from a high ...

U.S. sets aside $25 million for non-lethal aid to Syria rebels
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has set aside $25 million for aid to Syrian rebels, although the assistance remains limited to non-lethal supplies such as communications gear, the State Department said on Wednesday. The Obama administration ...

VIDEO: Fate of Syria at stake - Assad
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The conflict raging on Syria's streets between government forces and rebels will decide the fate of the nation, President Assad warns. ...

Assad urges Syrian army to step up fight against rebels
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Rebel fighters seize three police stations in Aleppo while fighting army for control of strategically important district ...

Gourmet Aleppo pepper: a culinary casualty of the Syria war
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For Americans following the war in Syria, Aleppo is the dateline of major clashes between the army and rebels. But for those with gourmet tastes, it's also the name of a pepper they'd prefer not do without. ...

Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
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Syrian president lashes out at 'internal agents'
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In a rare public comment, Syrian President Bashar Assad said foreign enemies are using internal agents in plots to undermine the country's stability. ...

Syrian rebel executions condemned
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Human rights activists condemn the public execution in Syria of four apparent Assad loyalists by rebels after a video of the killings emerges. ...

Syrian refugees grow impatient with top defectors
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YAYLADAGI, Turkey—Syrians hoping for a swift rebel victory in their homeland are growing impatient with top army defectors who are staying in Turkey even after fighters on the ground have gained territory across the border in northern Syria. ...

Syrian refugees grow impatient with top defectors
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Syrians hoping for a swift rebel victory in their homeland are growing impatient with top army defectors who are staying in Turkey even after fighters on the ground have gained territory across the border in northern Syria. ...

Assad urges on army as Aleppo battle rages
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Syrian dictator praises army; U.N. warns Aleppo battle seeing "heavy use of heavy weapons" and warplanes on day 12 ...

Syria army in 'crucial and heroic battle', says Bashar al-Assad
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Syria's army is engaged in a "crucial and heroic battle," Assad says in speech on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the army. ...

Syrian president lashes out at 'internal agents'
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Syrian President Bashar Assad says foreign enemies are using "internal agents" to undermine the country's stability. ...

Syrian rebels acquire surface-to-air missiles: report
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rebels fighting to depose Syrian president Bashar al Assad have for the first time acquired a small supply of surface-to-air missiles, according to a news report that a Western official did not dispute. NBC News reported Tuesda ...

UN: Syria using fighter jets against rebels with tanks
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Syrian fighter jets fired on rebel positions in the commercial capital of Aleppo on Wednesday, U.N. observers told The Associated Press, a development that could signal a significant escalation in the battle for control of the key city. ...

Turkish minister to meet Iraqi Kurds over Syria
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As Turkey moved heavy weapons to its border with Syria, its foreign minister was expected to urge the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region not to support a Syrian Kurdish party that is allegedly collaborating with Iraq-based Turkish Kurdish ...

As Aleppo battle rumbles, hospitals and graveyards fill up
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ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Abdelrahman left school at 17 to join the Syrian rebels in Aleppo. His parents never heard he had reached the city until they got the call to pick up his body. By evening, his father was in the city, standing on a hillside c ...

Assad praises Syria's troops but his whereabouts a mystery
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Rebel fighters seize three police stations in Aleppo while fighting army for control of strategically important district ...

Assad urges on army as Aleppo battle rages
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Syrian dictator praises his army as "defender of just causes" as brutal fighting rages on in 17th month ...

For besieged Syrian dictator Assad, only exit may be body bag
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Even with rebel armies closing in, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is showing no hint of a willingness to cede power, raising the prospect of a long, bloody and potentially calamitous final chapter to the country’s civil war , U.S. officials and Mi ...

Fight cuts supplies, power in Syrian city
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Beirut — Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and the current focus of its civil war. ...

Syrian rebel army chief slams new opposition group
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CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the rebel Free Syrian Army attacked on Wednesday the formation of a new political coalition outside Syria that plans to establish a transitional government, calling its leaders opportunists who seek to divide the opposit ...

Syria: Assad loyalists 'executed by FSA' in Aleppo
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A video appearing to show pro-government militia members, unarmed and bloodied, being lined up in front of a wall and shot dead by rebel soldiers in a street in Aleppo has been posted online. ...

Another Syrian opposition group forms amid signs of 'prolonged civil war'
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Members of a major Syrian dissident group has splintered off to start their own -- the latest sign of fracture in Syria's opposition. ...

Top of the News
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BEIRUT - Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and the current focus of its civil war. ...

Syria government's Aleppo assault stalls
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The Syrian government's assault on Aleppo appeared to have stalled on Tuesday night as rebels claimed new victories against the increasingly demoralised troops of Bashar al-Assad. ...

Syria's rebels add explosives expertise to guerrilla tactics
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Commanders use insurgency methods but rage at being compared to al-Qaida, saying if anyone is a terrorist it is Assad Syria's opposition fighters are increasingly using Iraqi-style roadside bombs in their war against Bashar al-Assad, most recently bl ...

Syria: 'Inevitable end of Assad regime is approaching', says Turkish PM
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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says President Bashar al-Assad's government will not be able to hold on to power in Syria much longer. ...

Syria’s Aleppo Running Low on Food Amid Siege
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(BEIRUT) — Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and the current focus of its civil war. Life for Al ...

Quotations of the day
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"The humanitarian situation here is very bad. There is not enough food and people are trying to leave. We really need support from the outside. There is random shelling against civilians." - Activist Mohammed Saeed in a statement as soldiers and rebe ...

Syria rebels suspicious over defector's motives
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Syria's most prominent defector has been touring regional powers to garner support for the uprising. But many in the opposition are deeply suspicious of the handsome former general, a longtime friend of President Bashar Assad with a taste for expensi ...

Video: Turning point? Syrian rebels obtain missiles
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For days the Syrian troops' weapons have given them the upper hand during key battles in Aleppo, but the rebels – now armed with powerful shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles -- are preparing for a different kind of fight. NBC’s Richard Engel report ...

Christians in Aleppo voice fears over Syrian uprising
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For Aleppo's Christians, there is a profound fear of the unknown. The Assad government was tolerant of religious minorities, but the rebellion draws most support from Syria's majority Sunni Muslim community. ...

What Happens If And When Assad Falls In Syria
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Many analysts suspect that President Bashar al-Assad is losing his grip on power in Syria, and that his fall is now inevitable. But that leaves many difficult questions about what happens the day after. NPR commentator Ted Koppel talks about the tipp ...

New alliance further fractures Syria opposition
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Exiled Syrian politicians unveiled a new opposition alliance on Tuesday and asked one of its members to form a transitional government in a challenge to the Syrian National Council, another group that has said it will do the same. T ...

Syrian rebels say Aleppo theirs "within days"
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ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian rebels aim to push towards central Aleppo, capturing the country's biggest city within days despite being outgunned by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, a local rebel commander said. Colonel Abdel-Jabbar al-Oqaidi, ...

Syria's Aleppo running low on food amid siege
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Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and the current focus of its civil war. ...

Foreign fighters join Syria battle
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More foreign fighters will pour into Syria the longer president Bashar Assad maintains his grip on power, the British Government said today. ...

Syria: Assad helicopter gunships open fire on rebels fighters in Daraa
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The Syrian military intensifies its campaign to drive rebel fighters out of Daraa, where the uprising began. ...

Fighting Continues in Syria
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Syrian opposition activists have reported widespread clashes Tuesday, including continued fighting in the country's largest city, Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces were shelling several neighborhoods ...

Aleppo residents give Syria rebels mixed reviews
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ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - There are no colored lights, no crowds of shoppers thronging the markets for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in rebel-held Aleppo. Trash lines the roadsides, and a few worried faces make their way past quickly. While some ...

Syrian rebels seize rural territory while Assad forces focus on major cities
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AL-BAB, Syria — War came late to this little farming town set amid rolling hills in the Syrian countryside east of Aleppo, where the absence of upheaval was long construed as an implicit signal of support for the government led by President Bashar a ...

U.S. defense chief: Syria military must remain intact when Assad goes
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government forces in Syria should be held together when President Bashar al-Assad is forced from power, the U.S. defense secretary said on Monday, warning that the mistakes of the Iraq war must not be repeated. Defense Secretar ...

'Staggering' Devastation in Northern Syria
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In Northern Syria, ghost towns and devastation abound even though Bashar al-Assad's army is scarce there. The families who remain share stories of the regime's killing their family members and of their children going to fight for the rebels. ...

Assad's top man in London goes into hiding in protest at regime's bloodshed
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Syria's most senior diplomat in Britain yesterday quit his post in protest at the continued bloodletting by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, in the latest in a slew of diplomatic defections. ...

Syria’s top diplomat to Britain defects, while thousands flee Aleppo fighting
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BEIRUT -- Syria’s top diplomat to Britain defected on Monday, according to the British Foreign Office, striking a blow against the beleaguered government of President Bashar al-Assad as tens of thousands fled heavy fighting in Aleppo , the most popu ...

Is Assad Carving Out A Haven For Syria's Alawites?
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Questions are growing about the fate of President Bashar Assad's regime. One possibility is the creation of a breakaway region in the northwest coastal mountains dominated by the president's Alawite minority. Analysts say it would be a disaster polit ...

Syria: refugees tell of the horrors of the flight from Aleppo
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Only a few roads are still open for refugees to escape Aleppo. Those leading northwards from Syria's commercial capital have not yet been sealed off by President Bashar al-Assad's forces - and perhaps a tenth of the city's population of about 2 milli ...

UN chief again tells Syria to stop violence
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday singled out Syria's government for censure, telling it to halt its violent crackdown on the dissidents and rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime. ...

UN chief: Syrian tanks attacked observer convoy
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Syrian tanks attacked a convoy carrying the head of the U.N. observer mission, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. He again told the government to halt its violent crackdown on those fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime., Sy ...

UN chief: Syrian tanks attacked observer convoy
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